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< College of EngineeringCurriculum in Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering
Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering
214 Nuclear Engineering Laboratory
103 South Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 333-2295
Fax: (217) 333-2906
E-mail: nuclear@uiuc.edu
URL: http://www.ne.uiuc.edu
For the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering
Nuclear, plasma, and radiological engineering is a branch of engineering that is concerned with the development and use of nuclear energy and radiation sources for a wide variety of applications in energy production, in materials processing and science, and for biomedical and industrial uses. Areas of interest include the continued safe and reliable application of fission reactors as central electric power plant thermal sources; plasma processing applications and the longer term development of fusion reactors for electric power generation; and the use of radiation sources in such areas as materials, biological systems, medical treatment, radiation instrumentation, environmental systems, and activation analysis.
Educational Objectives
Students pursuing the curriculum in nuclear, plasma, and radiological engineering should develop a comprehensive understanding of basic sciences, basic engineering, and advanced technical areas specific to nuclear, plasma, and radiological engineering and the means to employ these principles in engineering practice. This should include the ability to synthesize various concepts in engineering design and in the development of new engineering concepts, understanding, and applications. Students should develop a broad university-level understanding and appreciation of social and behavioral sciences, humanities, human cultures, and advanced communications skills consistent with the principles of general education. Students should also develop an appreciation of their abilities to contribute to society through ethical engineering practice. The curriculum should provide a large, flexible selection of both technical and free electives, which enables students to emphasize breadth or depth of study or both in their chosen field of concentration. The curriculum should prepare its graduates not only to enter directly into a wide variety of careers in nuclear, plasma, and radiological engineering but also to continue advanced professional study at the graduate level. The curriculum should prepare students, regardless of their chosen career path, to continue their professional development throughout their careers.
Educational Outcomes
The nuclear, plasma, and radiological engineering degree program seeks to produce graduates who are able to:
· understand and apply principal concepts in mathematics, physics, chemistry and engineering sciences,
· understand and apply principal concepts in the area of radiation sources, interactions, and transport,
· understand and apply advanced engineering concepts in their chosen area of professional concentration, consistent with full preparation for graduate-level, advanced professional study in that or other areas,
· comprehend and apply computational techniques,
· communicate effectively verbally and in writing,
· analyze engineering problems, think critically and inventively about solutions to engineering problems, and use judgement to formulate effective approaches to solutions,
· address more complex engineering problems by synthesizing and adapting knowledge from several areas and use this approach effectively in engineering design,
· incorporate a perspective about ethical, social, and cultural values and an international perspective into their engineering practice,
· maintain a professional outlook that embodies continued learning and professional development throughout their professional lives,
· appreciate an appropriate variety of basic and advanced concepts in other disciplines (i.e. general education),
· work effectively alone, in small groups, and in larger interdisciplinary groups.
The Curriculum
The first two years of the curriculum provides a strong foundation in basic sciences (physics, mathematics, and chemistry), engineering sciences (analytical mechanics and thermodynamics), an introduction to digital computer use, and introduction to nuclear energy systems. Most technical concentration takes place in the third and fourth years of the curriculum according to the educational and career interest of the students. The curriculum provides three professional concentration areas: power, safety and the environment; plasma and fusion science and engineering; and radiological, medical, and instrumentation applications. Each concentration area follows flexibility in developing advanced technical expertise but also requires depth of understanding in the area. The third path meets all pre-med requirements and facilitates the minor in bioengineering. To complete this concentration area, students should take certain chemistry and biology courses in the first two years of the curriculum.
The curriculum requires 128 hours for graduation.
First year
HOURS FIRST SEMESTER 3 CHEM 101-General Chemistry 1 CHEM 105-General Chemistry Laboratory 0 ENG 100-Engineering Lecture 5 MATH 120-Calculus and Analytical Geometry, I1 1 NPRE 100-Orientation to Nuclear Engineering 4 RHET 105-Principles of Composition2 or RHET 108-Forms of Composition 3 Elective in social sciences or humanities3 17 Total HOURS SECOND SEMESTER 3 C S 101-Introduction to Computing with Application to Engineering and Physical Science3, 4 3 MATH 130-Calculus and Analytical Geometry, II1 4 PHYCS 111-General Physics (Mechanics) 3 Elective in social sciences or humanities3 3 Free elective5, 6 16 TotalSecond year
HOURS FIRST SEMESTER 3 MATH 242-Calculus of Several Variables1 4 PHYCS 112-General Physics (Electricity and Magnetism) 2 T A M 150-Introduction to Statics 3 Elective in nuclear engineering concentration7 3 Elective in social sciences or humanities3 15 Total HOURS SECOND SEMESTER 2 A A E 204-Introduction to Aerospace Dynamic Systems 3 MATH 285-Differential Equations and Orthogonal Functions 3 M E 205-Thermodynamics 2 PHYCS 114-General Physics (Waves and Quantum Physics) 3 NPRE 247-Introduction to Modeling Nuclear Energy Systems 3 Elective in social sciences or humanities3 16 TotalThird year
HOURS FIRST SEMESTER 3 ECE 205-Introduction to Electric and Electronic Circuits 1 ECE 206-Introduction to Electric and Electronic Circuits Laboratory 3 MATH 280-Advanced Calculus1 3 NPRE 346-Principles and Applications of Radiation Interactions with Matter, I 43 T A M 235-Introduction to Fluid Mechanics or M E 211-Introductory Gas Dynamics or elective in radiological, medical, and instrumentation application8 3 Elective in social sciences or humanities3 1716 Total HOURS SECOND SEMESTER 3 NPRE 321-Plasma and Fusion Science or elective in radiological, medical, and instrumentation application7 3 NPRE 347-Principles and Applications of Radiation Interactions with Matter, II 3 NPRE 351-Nuclear Engineering Laboratory 3 NPRE 355-Neutron Diffusion and Transport 2 Elective in nuclear engineering concentration7 3 Free elective4 17 TotalFourth year
HOURS FIRST SEMESTER 3 NPRE 331-Materials in Nuclear Engineering 3 NPRE 348-Nuclear Systems Engineering and Design 3 Elective in social sciences or humanities3 67 Elective in nuclear engineering concentration7 1516 Total HOURS SECOND SEMESTER 3 NPRE 341-Principles of Radiation Protection 4 NPRE 358-Design in Nuclear Engineering 8 Elective in nuclear engineering concentration7 15 Total1. Students may select the appropriate math sequence based on their high school coverage of analytical geometry. Students with no prior analytical geometry should select the MATH 120/ 130/242 sequence (11 hr. total): those with analytical geometry should select the MATH 135/245 sequence (10 hr. total).
2. RHET 105 may be taken in the first or second semester of the first year.
3. Each student is required to select 18 hours, including ECON 102 or 103, from the campus general education approved list of social science and humanities electives.
4. Students may elect to take CS 125-Introduction to Computer Science, in place of CS 101-Introduction to Computing with Application to Engineering and Physical Science. The extra hour will be taken from the NucE concentration electives.
5. A total of 6 hours of electives are free to be selected by the students.
6. Consideration should be given to NPRE 101-Introduction to Energy Sources, as a free elective in the freshman or sophomore year. Alternately, free elective hours provide a means to fulfill requirements for the Bioengineering minor or the Computer Science minor without excessive additional hours beyond the normal degree requuirements.
7. A student must fulfill the NE professional concentration requirement by taking the required technical courses and technical elective courses in one of the three professional concentration areas: Power, Safety, and the Environment; Plasma and Fusion Science Engineering; or Radiological, Medical, and Instrumentation Applications.
8. Students in the Power, Safety, and the Environment and in the Plasma and Fusion Science Engineering concentration paths must take a fluid mechanics course and NPRE 321-Plasma and Fusion Science. Students in the Radiological, Medical, and Instrumentation Applications concentration path must select courses from their technical elective sequences.
Professional Concentration Areas
Students must fulfill the professional concentration area requirements by completing the required courses and technical elective course requirements in one of the three areas of professional concentration: power, safety, and the environment; plasma and fusion science and engineering; or radiological, medical, and instrumentation applications. The number of required technical course and technical elective course hours is 26 semester hours. The course requirements for each area are indicated below.
Students are encouraged to follow the example sequences of technical elective courses to develop a solid background in one of the various technical concentration areas. Students must select a set of technical elective courses to build depth in a specific area, rather than select introductory courses in each of several subfields. The student's academic advisor must approve the student's course sequence to insure that a strong technical concentration program is achieved.
Power, Safety, and the Environment Option
Nuclear Engineering students who wish to specialize in the Power, Safety, and the Environment option must take 8 to 9 hours of required engineering courses and select 17 or 18 hours of technical electives as described here:
Required CoursesStudents must take a fluid mechanics course (3 or 4 hrs.), a plasma and fusion engineering course (3 hrs.), and an advanced laboratory course (2 hrs.):
Hours Required Courses 4 T A M 235-Introduction to Fluid Mechanics or M E 211, Introductory Gas Dynamics 3 NPRE/ECE 321/Phycs 365-Plasma and Fusion Science 2 NPRE 353-Nuclear Reactor Laboratory and Operations ElectivesStudents must take a minimum of six hours from the following list:
Hours Nuclear Engineering Electives 23 NPRE 201-Energy Systems 3 NPRE 312-Nuclear Power Economics and Fuel Management 2 NPRE 342-Radioactive Waste Management 4 NPRE 356-Monte Carlo Simulation in Engineering1 3 NPRE 357-Safety Analysis of Nuclear Reactor Systems 4 NPRE 359-Fuzzy Logic and Its Applications11. This course is under review for approval.
Students must select the remaining 11 to 12 hours of technical electives from the following lists, or course sequences that provide similar depth in a single discipline:
Hours Thermal Sciences 4 M E 213-Heat Transfer 4 M E 301-Intermediate Thermodynamics 3 M E 304-Energy Conversion Systems 4 M E 305-Intermediate Gas Dynamics 4 M E 306-Intermediate Heat Transfer 4 M E 308-Fluid Mechanics of Convective Heat Transfer 3 M E 323-Design of Thermal Systems Hours Power and Control Systems 3 ECE 229- Introduction to Electromagnetic Fields 4 ECE 310-Digital Signal Processing 3 ECE 330-Power Circuits and Electromechanics 3 ECE 376-Power System Analysis 4 ECE 386-Control Systems, I Hours Reliability Engineering 3 I E 334-Introduction to Reliability Engineering 3 I E/M E 366-Knowledge Based Systems in Engineering Hours Solid, Fluid and Continuum Mechanics 3 T A M 221-Introduction to Solid Mechanics 1 T A M 222-Solid Mechanics Design 4 T A M 321-Intermediate Solid Mechanics 3 T A M 324-Flow and Fracture of Structural Metals 3 T A M 326-Experimental Stress Analysis 4 T A M 335-Intermediate Fluid Mechanics 4 T A M 360-Introduction to Continuum Mechanics Hours Computational Science and Engineering 3 CS 257-Numerical Methods 3 C S E 301/CS/MATH 350/ECE 391-Numerical Analysis: A Comprehensive Introduction 3 C S E 311/CS/MATH 355 -Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations 3 C S E 312/CS/MATH 358-Numerical Linear Algebra 3 C S E 313/CS/MATH 359-Numerical Approximation and Ordinary Differential Equations 3 M E 345-Introduction to Finite Element Analysis Hours Environmental Engineering and Science 3 CEE 241-Environmental Quality Engineering 3 CEE 292-Planning, Design, and Management of Civil Engineering Systems 3 CEE 342-Water Quality Control Processes 2 or 4 CEE 343-Chemical Principles of Environmental Engineering Processes 3 CEE 345-Introduction to Modeling Ambient Air Quality 3 CEE 346-Biological Principles of Environmental Engineering Processes 3 CEE 348-Atmospheric Chemistry 3 CEE 349-Air Resources EngineeringPlasma and Fusion Science and Engineering Option
Nuclear Engineering students who wish to specialize in the Plasma and Fusion Science and Engineering option are required to take two plasma courses (6 hrs.), a fluid mechanics course (3 or 4 hrs.), an advanced plasmas laboratory course (2 hrs.), and select the remaining 14 or 15 hours of technical electives as described below.
Required Courses Hours Courses 3 NPRE/ECE 321; PHYS 365-Plasma and Fusion Science 3 NPRE 329-Plasma Engineering 4 T A M 235-Introduction to Fluid Mechanics or M E 211-Introductory Gas Dynamics 2 NPRE 323-Plasma Laboratory Technical Electives14 or 15 hours must be selected from the following lists, or course sequences that provide similar depth in a single discipline.
Hours Physical Sciences Electives 3 CHEM 102-General Chemistry (Biological or Physical Version)1 1 CHEM 106-General Chemistry Laboratory (Biological or Physical Version)1 3 PHYS 335-Electromagnetic Fields and Sources, I 3 PHYS 336-Electromagnetic Fields and Source,s II 4 PHYS 389-Introduction to Solid State Physics1. Physical version preferred
Hours Electrical Engineering Electives 3 ECE 229-Introduction to Electromagnetic Fields 3 ECE 340-Solid State Electronic Devices 3 ECE 341-Physics and Modeling of Semiconductor Devices 4 ECE 344-Theory and Fabrication of Integrated Circuit Devices 3 ECE 384-Principles of Advanced Microelectronic Processing Hours Electronic Materials Electives 3 MATSE 204-Electronic Properties of Materials 3 MATSE 303-Synthesis of Materials 3 MATSE 360-Electronic Materials and Processing, I 3 MATSE 361-Electronic Materials and Processing, II 3 MATSE 362-Electronic Materials LaboratoryRadiological, Medical and Instrumentation Applications Option
Nuclear Engineering students who wish to specialize in the Radiological, Medical and Instrumentation Applications option must take the required advanced radiological engineering course (3 hrs.) and one of the required advanced laboratory courses (2 hrs.) and select 21 to 22 hours of technical electives as described below.
Required Courses Hours Radiological Engineering Required Course 3 NPRE 335-Principles of Imaging with Ionizing Radiation 2 NPRE 344-Nuclear Analytical Methods Laboratory, or PHYSL 303-Cell and Membrane Physiology Laboratory**Note that the Department of Biology has indicated that a sufficient set of prerequisites include Biol 121 and 122, but Biol 120 is not necessary.
Technical Electives21 to 22 hours must be selected from the following lists, or course sequences that provide similar depth in a single discipline. The initial list contains technical courses that are prerequisite for the more advanced sequences.
Hours Common Engineering and Technical Electives 3 CHEM 102-General Chemistry (Biological or Physical Version) 1 CHEM 106-General Chemistry Laboratory (Biological or Physical Version) 3 CHEM 231-Elementary Organic Chemistry, I 2 CHEM 234-Elementary Organic Chemistry Laboratory, I 1 BIOEN 120-Introduction to Bioengineering 5 BIOL 121-Ecology and Organismic Biology 5 BIOL 122-Molecular and Cellular Biology 4 T A M 235-Introduction to Fluid Dynamics 4 M E 211-Introductory Gas Dynamics 3 NPRE/ECE 321/PHYS 365- Plasma and Fusion Science Hours Biomolecular Engineering Electives 4 BIOEN 370BI/CH E 396-The Physical Basis of Life 3 BIOCH 350-Introductory Biochemistry 3 PHYSL 301-Cell and Membrane Physiology Hours Biomedical Engineering Electives 3 ECE/BIOEN 280-Biomedical Imaging 3 ECE/BIOEN 314-Biomedical Instrumentation 2 ECE/BIOEN 315-Biomedical Instrumentation Laboratory 3 PHYSL 301-Cell and Membrane Physiology 3 PHYSL 302-Systems and Integrative Physiology 2 PHYSL 304-Systems and Integrative Physiology Laboratory 3 ECE/BIOEN 380-Magnetic Resonance Imaging